Washington's Jayson Werth congratulates Ian Desmond after Desmond's home run during Wednesday's spring training game against the Mets at Space Coast Stadium.

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Michael Parsons
| FLORIDA TODAY

Ian Desmond's work in the batting cages is starting to show up on the field for the Washington Nationals.

Manager Matt Williams said he has been working on hitting the ball the other way more and on Wednesday, he launched his second home run of the spring over the right-center field wall at Space Coast Stadium.

"I just think he is doing what he wants to do. He is up there with an approach even though it is early," Williams said. "He has been working with Rick Schu a lot on being able to be competitive with the other side of the diamond and you saw that today." ...